Minorities Popluar Programs - C-SPAN Video LibraryThe most popular programs for the Minorities Taghttp://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=1144
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Courtesy of the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/153273-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/153273-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTHillary Clinton at American Bar AssociationAt the annual American Bar Association conference, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received the highest award of the ABA, the 2013 ABA Medal, for conspicuous service in the cause of American Jurisprudence. In her acceptance speech, topics included her career, women in leadership, and voting rights. She urged the ABA to take action as she talked about the Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down a key section of the Voting Rights Act and recent laws passed around the country limiting people's ability to vote. She called the reasons for passing the laws as solving a "phantom" problem and said "Anyone who says racial discrimination is no longer a problem in American elections, must not be paying attention."http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/314513-2
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/314513-2Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTTuskegee Syphilis StudyA C-SPAN school bus crew toured the site of the Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights Multicultural Center and learned about the Tuskegee syphilis study. Portions of President Clinton's May 16, 1997 apology for the U.S. Public Health Service's forty-year study were shown.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/168001-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/168001-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTQ&A with Terry TeachoutTerry Teachout talked about his biography of Louis Armstrong called [Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong] (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009). Louis Armstrong was a jazz musician who influenced the music and culture of the 20th century. Mr. Teachout talked about Louie Armstrong's public life, including his experiences with segregation while touring and his overseas tours. Topics included his disagreement with President Eisenhower over race, calling the president "two faced" and having "no guts" while fellow musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie accussed Mr. Armstrong of being an "Uncle Tom." Mr. Teachout talked about writing the biography. Video clips of Louis Armstrong were shown. Other topics included Mr. Teachout's other work, and his previous books, including [The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken].http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291150-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291150-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [Warriors Don't Cry]Ms. Beals discussed her book, [Warriors Don't Cry], which details her experiences as part of the first integrated class of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. The author recalls how she and eight other black teenagers integrated the school as a result of the [Brown v. Board of Education] segregation case decision. President Eisenhower had to enforce integration in the school with National Guard troops in September 1957.
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info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/61780-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTPresident Johnson Signs Civil Rights Act of 1964President Lyndon Johnson made remarks and signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2, 1964. He was seen giving pens to many in attendance, including the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and Federal Bureau of Investigation Director J. Edgar Hoover. He gave several pens to Attorney General Robert Kennedy for members of his family.
This was a Universal Newsreel piece titled "Civil Rights: President Signs Historic Bill."http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300956-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300956-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTPresident Obama at Civil Rights SummitPresident Barack Obama gave the keynote address at a three-day Civil Rights Summit hosted by the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas. 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of President Johnson's signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964. He talked about President Johnson's legacy and his fight to pass the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts. He also commented on the power of government and people to create change and recited quotes throughout his speech made by President Johnson.
Representative John Lewis (D-GA) and the director of the LBJ Presidential Library provided introductory remarks.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/318484-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/318484-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTMike Wallace Interview with Governor Orval FaubusArkansas Governor Orval Faubus talked to Mike Wallace from the governor's mansion in Little Rock during his standoff with the federal government over the integration of Little Rock Central High School. Governor Faubus had called in the National Guard to bar the black students from the school and had met with President Eisenhower the day before this interview in an effort to resolve the conflict.
This is a kinescope of the nationally televised prime-time program, "The Mike Wallace Interview."
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info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/288553-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMT1963 March on WashingtonA 1963 Universal International newsreel report on the largest peaceful demonstration in the history of the United States shows scenes from throughout the day. A short portion of a speech by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., was heard.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/10928-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/10928-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTA Civil Rights Milestone, June 11, 1963Callie Crossley moderated a discussion of the historic events of June 11, 1963. On that day two black students, James Hood and Vivian Malone, were barred entry to the University of Alabama by Governor George Wallace. In response, President Kennedy called out the National Guard and Governor Wallace stepped aside. That evening, the president delivered a major civil rights address to the nation. The next day, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered at his home. The panelists discussed what it was like living through those events, and what motivated their actions on that day. A video of Vivian Malone, who died in 2005, was shown. Following the discussion they answered questions from members of the audience. Historic video footage was shown, including the remarks of Governor Wallace, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and portions of President Kennedy's address.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/203722-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/203722-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTCongressional Gold Medal CeremonyHouse and Senate leaders posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Congressional Gold Medal represents Congress' highest expression of national appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions. National Museum of African American History Director Lonnie Bunch, III, accepted the medal for the Smithsonian. The ceremony included prayers, the U.S. Armed Forces Color Guard, and the U.S. Army Chorus.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/320127-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/320127-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [At the Dark End of the Street]Danielle McGuire, assistant history professor at Wayne State University, recounts the politically active life of Rosa Parks, a side of the civil rights figure that the author contends has been under reported. Ms. McGuire recalls Rosa Parks' involvement as an NAACP organizer who in 1944 investigated the rape of Recy Taylor, a black sharecropper, who was attacked by seven white men on her way home from church. According to the author the incident solidified Rosa Parks' activism long before her refusal to move from her seat aboard a Montgomery bus in 1955. Ms. McGuire also explores the sexual abuse that black women faced by white men during the Jim Crow era and how their resistance added in fueling the beginnings of the Civil Rights movement. Danielle McGuire discussed her book at the Decatur Library in Decatur, Georgia.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295934-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295934-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTDocumenting the Black HolocaustKhalid Muhammad, a former spokesman for the Nation of Islam, spoke to
an audience at Howard University. Late last year, Mr. Muhammad drew
criticism for a speech he delivered at Kean College in New Jersey.
Some considered the remarks he made to be racist and anti-Semitic.
He was later criticized by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
Mr. Muhammad's speech comes a few days after he visited the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. A separatist, Mr. Muhammad argued
that enslavement of Africans was equivalent to the Jewish holocaust
in Europe and is a black holocaust.
Before Mr. Muhammad spoke, a number of speakers prayed, sang and
spoke. Many speakers used inflammatory rhetoric. During the final
moments of the event, participants asked the audience to contribute
to the Nation of Islam.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/56177-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/56177-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTRace and the 2008 CampaignProfessor Cornel West talked about American society, race, politics and class. He discussed Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton's primary race. He was interviewed by Frank Rich and responded to audience members' questions.
This event of the New York Times Arts and Leisure Week (formerly Weekend) was held at The Times Center.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/203593-2
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/203593-2Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTMike Wallace Interview with Senator James EastlandSenator James Eastland of Mississippi, who had been called "The Voice of the White South," talked to Mike Wallace about segregation, slavery, the Soviet Union, voting rights laws, and the Ku Klux Klan. Topics included a pending civil rights bill.
This is a kinescope of the nationally televised prime-time program, "The Mike Wallace Interview." The picture was briefly lost due to technical difficulties in the original broadcast.
This interview contains language that may be offensive to some people.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/288932-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/288932-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTCurtis Mayfield and the Impact of His Music on the Civil Rights Movement Howard Dodson and Portia Maultsby discussed the social commentary in the music of Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions and the integral relationship his music had with the Civil Rights Movement. Some musical selections were played. The panelists responded to questions from members of the audience. Professor Andrews moderated.
"Curtis Mayfield: The Man, The Music, The Movement: A Conversation with Mr. Howard Dodson and Dr. Portia K. Maultsby" was an event of the National Black Arts Festival hosted by the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294119-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294119-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [And the Walls Came Tumbling Down]Abernathy chronicles his personal experience in the civil rights movement in his autobiography, [And the Walls Came Tumbling Down], published by HarperCollins. In the book, Mr. Abernathy gives an insider account of the Civil Rights movement detailing the organization of the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 and the 1965 March in Selma. Personally criticized for his account of the personal life of his close friend, Dr. Martin Luther King, Abernathy takes the opportunity to explain his motives and his view of the proper accounting of Dr. King and civil rights history.
Also, he discusses his controversial endorsement of Ronald Reagan in the 1980 presidential elections and his subsequent frustrating efforts to communicate with the administration. Additionally, he comments on the status of current black leadership in America.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/9718-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/9718-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTRosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus BoycottJulian Bond lectured to a history class on Rosa Parks and the origins of the 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. An active participant and leader from the early days of the Civil Rights movement, Professor Bond brought a unique perspective to the classroom. He also showed slides.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295465-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295465-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTAfter Words with Frederick HarrisProfessor Harris argues that Barack Obama's election to the presidency undermined the civil rights movement that made it possible. The shift toward race-neutral politics is making the militancy of the civil rights movement a distant memory, even though militancy may still be what is needed to cure persistent racial disparities in many areas, including income and education. Professor Harris discussed his thesis with professor and author Charlton McIlwain.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306719-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306719-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTMexican-American Civil Rights Struggles in TexasHistorians talked about the history of Mexican-American civil rights struggles in Texas. Their recent books each examine different historical periods when Mexican Americans have struggled for equality. The panelists also responded to questions from members of the audience. Ricardo Romo moderated.
Cynthia Orozco is the author of [No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement] about the League of United Latin-American Citizens (LULAC), founded by Mexican-American men in 1929. Emilio Zamora is the author of [Claiming Rights and Righting Wrongs in Texas: Mexican Workers and Job Politics during World War II]. David Montejano is the author of [Quixote's Soldiers: A Local History of the Chicano Movement, 1966-1981], about San Antonio, Texas.
The program "¡Poder!: Mexican American Civil Rights Struggles in Texas" was held in the C-SPAN/Book TV Tent of the Texas Book Festival. Scenes from the festival were shown at the opening and closing of the program.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295989-5
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295989-5Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTA Book Discussion with Representative John Lewis and John CarlosRepresentative John Lewis (D-GA) and John Carlos talked about their experiences fighting for civil rights. Representative Lewis was the chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee from 1963 to 1966 and he drew from those experiences in his books [Walking with the Wind] and [Across That Bridge]. John Carlos won the bronze medal in the 200 meters at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. As the U.S. national anthem played at the awards ceremony, John Carlos and his gold medal-winning African-American teammate, Tommie Smith, wore black gloves and raised their fists in a black power salute to protest injustices faced by African Americans at home. Inducted into the U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame, he is also a recipient of the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage. He co-wrote [The John Carlos Story]. "American Icons" was part of the 2013 Virginia Festival of the Book. They were interviewed by Robert Vaughan on stage at the Paramount Theater and responded to audience members' questions.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311687-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311687-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTMary McLeod Bethune MemorialHistorian Richard Norton Smith talked about the statue in Washington, D.C., of Mary McLeod Bethune. Topics included her career and the history of the statue by sculptor Robert Berks. When it was dedicated July 10, 1974, on what would have been her 99th birthday, was the first memorial in the nation's capital to honor an African-American leader.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307469-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307469-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTFreedom Riders 50th Anniversary ReunionA 50th anniversary reunion was held of Freedom Riders. In the Spring and Summer of 1961, black and white Freedom Riders rode buses throughout the South in an effort to eradicate racial segregation in interstate travel and faced assaults and arrests that helped to ignite the Civil Rights movement nationwide. Speakers included honorary co-chairs Congressmen Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and Bob Filner (D-CA) as well as the reflections of some of the Freedom Riders being honored. Hollis Watkins, Rutha Harris, and Emory Harris, members of the "Freedom Singers" sang.
This welcoming ceremony of the reunion was held at the Marriott in Jackson, Mississippi.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299618-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299618-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTLife and Career of Kwame TureMr. Ture, formerly known as Stokely Carmichael, talked about his life as a civil rights and Pan-African activist. He also talked about the effect of the Vietnam war on the civil rights movement and the nation, his career as an activist and his view of a coming revolution in the United States. Mr. Ture was diagnosed with cancer and said he wishes to go to Africa to spend his final days. Two speeches given by Mr. Ture in the 1960s were shown.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/104471-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/104471-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTInterview with Zaheer AliZaheer Ali talked about Manning Marable's book [Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention]. Mr. Ali discussed his role in the writing of the late Dr. Marable's biography of Malcolm X and the research he provided for the book. Zaheer Ali served as associate director of Columbia University's Malcolm X Project for four years. He was primarily responsible for research on the Nation of Islam and the slain civil rights leader's role in the organization.
He was interviewed while at the annual book publishing trade show, Book Expo America, held May 23-26, 2011, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299713-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299713-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [The Assassination of Fred Hampton]Jeffrey Haas talked about his book [The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther] (Lawrence Hill Books; November 1, 2009). On December 4, 1969, Fred Hampton, the 21-year-old chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, was shot dead in his bed during a police raid in which Mark Clark was also killed. In his book Jeffrey Haas recounts how he and Flint Taylor, his law partner, attempted to prove that Fred Hampton's death was not self-defense, as the police advocates claimed, but was premeditated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Chicago police department.
The program opened with video footage from 1969. Jefrrey Haas talked about the life and death of Fred Hampton. Then a panel discussion on Fred Hampton was moderated by Bernardine Dohrn. His mother made remarks, and then Mr. Willis made closing remarks.
The event "Fred Hampton, Police Violence, Racism & the Law: A Retrospective" took place November 5, 2009, at 5:30 p.m. CT in Thorne Auditorium at the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago. The event was co-sponsored by: MacArthur Justice Center, The Center on Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University School of Law, Madel Legal Aid Clinic, University of Chicago Law School, NCBL-Chicago, Black People Against Police Torture, Chicago Review Press, Citizens Alert, and others.
The Hampton and Clark families and survivors of the raid were honored at this event which took place 40 years after Fred Hampton spoke to the students and faculty of Northwestern University School of Law.
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info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290956-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTSupreme Court Mistakes: [Korematsu v. United States]Dean Chemerinsky delivered his argument for including [Korematsu v. United States] in the "Hall of Shame" as one of the worst United States Supreme Court decisions. The 1944 decision concluded that internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was constitutional. Professor Pushaw then put the decision in historical context. The panelists responded to questions from members of the audience, including Professor Finkelman. Professor Childress moderated.
"Supreme Mistakes: Exploring the Most Maligned Decisions in Supreme Court History" was a [Pepperdine Law Review] Symposium.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298797-2
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298797-2Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [The Protest Psychosis]Dr. Metzl documents the alleged finding of an increased incidence of schizophrenia in black men, but he argues that the link was fabricated during the 60s and early 70s to undermine the Civil Rights Movement. The event is at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291633-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291633-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTCivil Rights IssuesAfter prayers, hymns, and other speeches, Senator Barack Obama, a Democratic presidential candidate, delivered the keynote speech at a commemoration of "Bloody Sunday." Using Biblical references, he said that the current "Joshua generation" must praise the 1965 civil rights marchers who were responsible for African Americans being able to rise to high office and responsible positions. He also talked about his family's history, and the importance of education.
The annual "Bridge Crossing Jubilee" commemorates the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march. State troopers and county sheriff's deputies used billy clubs and tear gas to turn back marchers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on March 7, 1965. The attack became known as "Bloody Sunday." National reaction to the attack helped galvanize support for minority voting rights, leading to the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Senator Obama spoke at Brown Chapel A.M.E Church, where the marchers gathered on "Bloody Sunday."
The program begins abruptly and ends abruptly.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/196942-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/196942-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTIn Depth with Juan WilliamsJuan Williams talked about his life, work, and career. He discussed civil rights and race relations in the U.S., culminating in the election of President Barack Obama. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
A video clip was shown of the documentary [Eyes on the Prize]. A video clip was shown of Juan Williams giving a tour of his home in Washington, D.C.
Juan Williams was a reporter for the [Washington Post] for more than 20 years and is currently a news analyst for National Public Radio and a political analyst for Fox News. Mr. Williams is author of [Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965]; [Thurgood Marshall: American Revolutionary]; [My Soul Looks Back in Wonder]; and [Enough: The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America -- and What We Can Do About It]. Mr. Williams is also co-author of [This Far by Faith: Stories from the African-American Religious Experience], with Quinton Dixie, and [I'll Find a Way or Make One], with Dwayne Ashley. Mr. Williams won an Emmy award for writing the documentary [Eyes on the Prize], which aired on PBS.
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info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/288171-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTCentral High School Desegregation AnniversaryPresident Clinton honored the nine people who were the first black students at Little Rock Central High School on the fortieth anniversary of their enrollment. In 1957, President Eisenhower deployed the Army to escort the nine students into the school after the governor of Arkansas attempted to deny the students admission by using the state's National Guard.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/91570-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/91570-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBarack Obama and Human Rights Authors discussed their books about the changes in views of citizenship, equality, and democracy in the era of Barack Obama's election to president. They responded to questions from members of the audience.
The authors were: Herbert Daughtry (moderator), [In My Lifetime: Towards the Presidency of Barack Obama] (Africa World Press); Yohuru Williams, [Black Politics/White Power: Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Black Panthers in New Haven] (John Wiley & Sons); William Jelani Cobb, [The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress] (Bloomsbury); Peniel Joseph, [Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama] (Basic Civitas); Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, [The U.S. Constitution: An African-American Context] (Law and Policy Group Press); Paul Butler, [Let's Get Free: A Hip Hop Theory of Justice] (The New Press); Steve Clark (editor), [Malcolm X, Black Liberation, and the Road to Workers Power] (Pathfinder).
"Is Racial Justice Passe? Barack Obama, American Society, and Human Rights in the 21st Century ?" was a panel of the 12th annual Harlem Book Fair from the Langston Hughes Auditorium in the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294543-4
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294543-4Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [Hands on the Freedom Plow]Editors and contributors presented a collection of fifty-two womens' recollections of the Civil Rights movement and their time spent working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The contributors were of varied race, class, and geographic origin and described a myriad of events that range from the 1963 March on Washington to the Mississippi Freedom Summer. Jennifer Lawson, also a former member of SNCC, moderated. The panel discussion was hosted by Busboys & Poets in Washington, D.C.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295887-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295887-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [While the World Watched]Carolyn McKinstry talked about surviving the September 15, 1963, bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. She lost four of her friends in the bombing that became a turning point in the civil rights movement as profiled in her book, [While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age During the Civil Rights Movement]. She was interviewed outside the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
C-SPAN's Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their "2011 LCV Cities Tour" in Birmingham, Alabama, on October 31-November 4 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Bright House Networks local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302702-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302702-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [Manufacturing Hysteria]Jay Feldman reported on the curtailment of civil liberties for minorities during times of war and strife in the United States. Mr. Feldman argued that throughout American history, government officials and private citizens have capitalized on public anxieties to oppress minorities. The author showed a few pictures as he recounted the stories of several groups that have faced persecution, including the deportation of Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans throughout the Depression to the placement of 112,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II. Jay Feldman responded to questions from members of the audience at Book Passage Bookstore in Corte Madera, California, on September 13, 2011.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301998-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301998-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMT16th St. Baptist Church, Birmingham, ALMr. Freiberger welcomed the C-SPAN School Bus to Birmingham. Reverend Hamlin spoke about the 16th Street Baptist Church, which was a very important site in the civil rights movement in Birmingham. It served as a black community segregation during pre-integration times and was bombed in 1963.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/59610-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/59610-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock]David Margolick recounted the lives of Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan and the photograph of the two women, then both fifteen years old, taken on September 4, 1957. On that date, Ms. Eckford, entered Little Rock Central High School on the first day of its desegregation and Ms. Bryan was photographed angrily screaming at the young, African-American woman. Mr. Margolick examined both women's lives leading up to that day and after as Ms. Eckford and Ms. Bryan attempted to live outside of the shadow of the photograph and develop a friendship later in life. David Margolick responded to questions from members of the audience at the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301971-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301971-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTCivil Rights Leadership ForumThe Reverend Al Sharpton moderated a discussion with three generations of civil rights leaders on the state of the movement and its future. They discussed a range of issues including gun violence, youth incarceration, voter ID laws, economic equality, and the role of African-American clergy in the civil rights movement. This was part of the National Action Newwork's annual convention, held at Harlem's First Corinthian Baptist Church.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/312084-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/312084-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTCivil Rights Movement in 1960s ArkansasFifty years after the arrest of five Freedom Riders attempting to integrate interstate bus terminal facilities in Little Rock, a symposium featured the members of the Arkansas Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ("Arsnick") who led sit-in demonstrations at segregated local business in downtown Little Rock during the 1960s. John Kirk moderated as a panel of activists told their stories. The panelists also responded to questions from members of the audience.
"From Sit-Ins to Freedom Rides: Little Rock, 1960-1962" was the first panel of the symposium, "Sit-Ins, Freedom Rides, and Beyond: Direct Action and Civil Rights in 1960s Arkansas," which was held at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in downtown Little Rock.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300407-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300407-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTCensus 2000 Racial ClassificationsSubcommittee members heard testimony concerning the addition of a multiracial ethnic category to the 2000 census. Members of Congress, Census Bureau officials, civil rights advocates and others testified about the positive and negative impacts of such a change. Recently, an OMB task force recommended changes to federal government ethnic classifications to reflect the growing number of multiracial individuals.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/88402-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/88402-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTCivil Rights and Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, and EisenhowerThis discussion is from a conference on "The Presidency and Civil Rights" held at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Among the topics: FDR's World War II internment of Japanese Americans, President Truman's desegregation of the U.S. Armed Forces and President Eisenhower's five appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court of justices in favor of desegregation. We also hear about attempts on First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt's life because of her efforts towards integration, and about the impact of returning African American World War II veterans on civil rights activism. This program is about one hour and 20 minutes.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305637-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305637-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTMartin Luther King Jr. Oral History InterviewPoet and novelist Robert Penn Warren interviewed the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., in his office in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 18, 1964, as research for Mr. Warren's 1965 book, [Who Speaks for the Negro]. The Reverend King discussed his work in the civil rights movement, the future of African Americans, and his nonviolent philosophy.
This audio-only interview is part of the Robert Penn Warren Civil Rights Oral History Collection in the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/314804-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/314804-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTUnveiling of Four Little Girls MemorialA memorial to the four little girls killed in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was unveiled. The Four Spirits sculpture, made by Elizabeth MacQueen, was installed in Kelly Ingram Park, across the street from the church where Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley, ages 11 to 14, were killed on September 15, 1963.
This is a portion of the ceremony.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/315027-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/315027-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [The John Carlos Story]John Carlos, winner of the bronze medal in the 200 meters in the 1968 Olympics, recalls the raised-fist Black Power salute he and his teammate, Tommie Smith, gave on the medal podium in Mexico City. Mr. Carlos recounts his symbolic gesture at the Olympics, the subsequent fall-out, and his continued political activism. John Carlos and his co-author, Dave Zirin, also responded to questions from members of the audiene at the Northwest African American Museum in Seattle.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303011-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/303011-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTEthnic Disparities and Family StructureScholars and advocates talked about the relationship between discrimination and family structures in the U.S. They also responded to questions from the audience.
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info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295448-3Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [Freedom Summer]Bruce Watson recalls the "Freedom Summer"of 1964 when over 700 college students arrived in Mississippi to register African-American voters and create Freedom Schools to assist in the education of the populace. Their work was met with resistance exemplified through the disappearance of three volunteers, indiscriminate beatings, and the burnings of churches. Bruce Watson discussed his book at Lemuira Books in Jackson, Mississippi.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294387-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294387-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTOrigins of the Black Panther PartyIn commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Black Panther Party, some of the founders talked about its origins. Topics included fighting oppression and police brutality and protesting the disarmament of the black community in California. They also talked about the many personalities in the early days and their efforts to gain universal health care and decent education and housing in black communities, and about the efforts to free founder Huey Newton from jail. After their presentations, the participants responded to audience members' questions.
Fredrika Newton is the widow of Huey P. Newtonhttp://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/191354-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/191354-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTBook Discussion on [Courage to Dissent]Tomiko Brown-Nagin talked about her book, [Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement] (Oxford University Press USA, 2011). Professor Brown-Nagin looks at the Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta and the differences between the activists who participated in it over three decades. Professor Brown-Nagin showed slides during her presentation and afterwards responded to questions from members of the audience. She spoke on April 20, 2011, in the Chapel of the University of Georgia Law School in Athens at this event sponsored by the student chapter of the American Constitution Society in partnership with UGA's Institute for African American Studies, Department of History, African American Cultural Center, and Graduate and Professional Scholars.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299548-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299548-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTWilliam Raspberry Remarks on Civil RightsColumnist William Raspberry gave the keynote address at a conference on civil rights in the 21st century. In his remarks he said that racism still exists but that more opportunities are available, and encouraged African-Americans not to give in to fear of failure.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295448-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295448-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMTSelma March 50th Anniversary, OpeningThe opening portion of an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, by voting rights activists.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/324607-1
info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation)http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/324607-1Mon, 15 Mar 1965 00:00:00 GMT